Hi all, A Lapland Longspur was again on the Parade Grounds in Van Cortlandt Park. This morning it was foraging with a group of seven Horned Larks. Also one Snow goose flying over with a group of Canada goose, plus one American Pipit feeding on the ground for a few minutes.
A handful of distant photos (all cropped) of the Longspur here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/landp/sets/72157638183045243/ Early in the morning there were very large flocks of blackbirds taking off and flying low over the trees east of the Parade Grounds. We estimated their number to be at least 1200+ in total. good holiday birding, Anders Peltomaa Mannahatta On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Alan Drogin <[email protected]> wrote: > Stopped in Van Cortlandt Park on way to Thanksgiving in Yonkers. Great > opportunity today because the field was empty of athletes for the holiday. > Lucked out with an adult Lapland Longspur foraging with three Horned Larks > in the typical southeast area. Also had a flock of at least 4 American > Pipits fly over. > > Happy Thanksgiving, > Alan Drogin > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
